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Example sentences for "loads"

Lexicographically close words:
loaden; loader; loaders; loading; loadings; loadstar; loadstone; loadstones; loaf; loafe
  1. And, Mary, you darling kid, your sad, dark shadows will gradually pass; and Lady Gadsby and I will try to bring you loads and loads of comfort.

  2. We have loads of rooms in our house," said the lad, boastfully.

  3. He made three bales of cotton and about twelve loads of corn with that hoe.

  4. Loads passed every day lack you see cotton pass here.

  5. My own leanings are in favour of the first boat-loads getting ashore before break of dawn, but Hunter-Weston is clear and strong for daylight.

  6. Birdwood, on the other hand, is of one mind with me and is going to get his first boat-loads ashore before it is light enough to aim.

  7. Going back, found that the lighter loads of wounded already taken off have by no means cleared the beach.

  8. This first day's march from Masindi was a long one, and our porters panted and toiled under their loads through the heat of the day.

  9. All this plant food, and perhaps one half more, can be drawn in a single load, while it will take ten such loads of stable manure to supply the same amount of plant food.

  10. The woodchuck is a nuisance to the farmer, covering his field with loads of subsoil from the burrow and then eating the tender sprouts; and the farmer does not know enough to eat his tender corpse, but he is good to eat.

  11. Before the plowing is done, the land for the garden should be manured at the rate of twenty-five large wagon loads to the acre.

  12. I called upon this person at once and ordered the three loads of black dirt to be delivered immediately.

  13. Fadda told me that I would require at least three loads of black dirt, and he gave me the address of a person who dealt in this precious commodity at one dollar and a half a load.

  14. The problem then was to deliver at Chattanooga and beyond one hundred and thirty car-loads daily, leaving the beef-cattle to be driven on the hoof, and all the troops in excess of the usual train-guards to march by the ordinary roads.

  15. Each division and brigade was provided a fair proportion of wagons for a supply train, and these were limited in their loads to carry food, ammunition, and clothing.

  16. Twenty-five light loads had been made for the advance warriors, so that in case of scouting work, one could take the loads of two, and thus leave at least a dozen free for that duty when required.

  17. A quantity of lumber had been cut over six months before, and this was well dried, and would be very valuable to them in beginning operations, and the loads on the wagons were so great that but little of it could be taken in that way.

  18. After the loads were all provided for, and the different ones instructed as to the parts which should be taken by each, John said: "There is one thing which must now take our attention, and that is the bringing in of the flag.

  19. But the wagons were lightened of their heavy loads of provisions and easily accommodated to emigrants.

  20. Finally it arrived,--great loads of cabbages, onions, and over four thousand bushels of potatoes.

  21. England had sent out ship-loads of men to the Black Sea, to engage in war with Russia.

  22. He seems to have sent absolute cart-loads of cut-glass to Haiti, but in days when men habitually drank two bottles of wine apiece after dinner, there was presumably a fair amount of breakage of decanters and tumblers.

  23. Such loads of rich and highly-seasoned things, and really the gallons of wine and mixed liquors that they drink!

  24. We were then very near the epoch when the scavenger's carts, from the summit of which Sainte-Foix fraternized with the Marquis de Crequi, discharged their loads directly into the sewer.

  25. These carriage-loads form mountains of mirth in the midst of the rout.

  26. These carriages, or to speak more correctly, these wagon-loads of maskers are very familiar to Parisians.

  27. The tradition of carriage-loads of maskers runs back to the most ancient days of the monarchy.

  28. Through the past winter, while our army lay opposite Fredericksburg, the like strings of ambulances were of frequent occurrence along Seventh street, passing slowly up from the steamboat wharf, with loads from Aquia creek.

  29. Before the enemy were within musket-shot, three boat loads more had been landed, and there were, therefore, 150 men now in the convent.

  30. Even the Syrian merchants who pass with the great caravan seldom engage in trade, unless it be for some camel-loads of tobacco and dried fruits.

  31. The camel-loads are deposited at this place, and then forwarded to the summit of the mountain on mules and asses, of which about two hundred are kept here.

  32. On the mountain camels are prepared for carrying the loads to Tayf.

  33. The Wahabys are said to have carried off many loads of books.

  34. The whole road from Kolleya to this place is dangerous on account of the robberies of these Bedouins; and the caravan never passes without losing some of its loads or camels.

  35. THE caravan alighted in a large court-yard in the suburb, where the loads were deposited; and all the travellers who had come with it immediately dispersed in quest of lodgings.

  36. The far greater part of the loads was destined for the army of Tousoun Pasha; the rest consisted of merchandize and provisions; but the latter were very inadequate to the wants of the town.

  37. They met a train of camels with loads on their backs; and the people travelling with them wondered what queer thing was riding that fine lion.

  38. We have loads at home, much finer than these.

  39. We think nothing of loads of this sort in the woods.

  40. We had our choice of shouldering our loads and making a detour through the woods, or of "shooting the rapids.

  41. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from the shore; Hoards e'en beyond the misers wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around.

  42. They caught the Indian carriers, who were just easing their loads under the walls.

  43. There were many mule loads such as these in the god-house at Talimeco," she said; "we filled the caskets of our dead Caciques with them.

  44. The bearers gave a cry of terror, and throwing down their loads took to their heels.

  45. But we should lose our seven camel-loads of goods, and we shall want them for trade as we go along," Jethro said.

  46. The lass surely required a little rest now and again, after carrying such drayman's loads as she did.

  47. Some delay in the building of the bridge followed, but more barge loads of soldiers were sent across, and the fighting with the Austrians was pushed vigorously.

  48. At another place Bartram noted the arrival at a plantation of horse loads of wild pigeons taken by torchlight from their roosts in a neighboring swamp.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loads" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    batch; deal; heap; lot; mass; mess; million; mint; number; ocean; oodles; pack; packet; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quantity; raft; ream; scads; sight; slew; spate; stack; thousand; wad